Anthony Dissen received his B.S. in Nutritional Sciences from the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, M.A. in Integrative Health from the School of Arts & Sciences, Georgian Court University, M.P.H from the University of Massachusetts-Amhert, and his Ed.D. degree from the School of Education, Stockton University. He is currently a Tenured Assistant Professor of Health Science in the School of Health Sciences at Stockton University. He was the Outpatient and Community Education Dietitian at University Medical Center of Princeton, and a Dietitian Instructor at CentraState Medical Center. He also worked as the Lead Instructor and Chef for the Whole Foods Market Wellness Club, and was a community nutrition instructor at Middlesex County College. His academic research focuses on the intersections between queer and gender-non-binary communities and the healthcare system, as well as exploring how nutrition and health information is shared, understood, and utilized by consumers of health information, particularly through online and social media channels.